Three days passed quickly amidst Mu Yingying's Tribulation. Xiao Yan and the others left the back mountain and headed toward the gathering place for the Team Competition, which was already a boiling cauldron of noise.
"Hey, hey, hey. Have you all heard?"
"What is it?"
"It's about the Heaven Hall."
"Word has it that the Heaven Hall was going to send a five-person team to participate. Given the strength of the Heaven Hall, I suppose everyone knows it in their hearts. If they enter the competition, then the championship will undoubtedly belong to them and no one else."
"Yet for some reason, the Heaven Hall suddenly announced its withdrawal from this Team Competition, leaving only the Human Hall and our Earth Hall. This really is a strange matter."
"You call that anything? I heard that even the registered disciples in the Human Hall have been approved to participate in this Team Competition." Beneath the Heaven Burning Domain of the Burning Incense Pavilion, thousands of disciples chattered endlessly.
"Heh, what realm do you all suppose Xiao Yan's strength has actually reached?" Within the crowd, a man wearing a cloth robe smiled slowly, a hint of a smile appearing at the corners of his mouth every time he mentioned Xiao Yan.
This person was none other than Li Ji, one of the three leaders among the one hundred and twenty-eight registered disciples who had resisted when Xiao Yan and the four of them first joined the Human Hall.
"Heh heh, Li Ji, did you forget about Xiao Yan's might? The boldness he showed when challenging us registered disciples back then was unmatched by anyone." Beside the Cloth Robe Li Ji, a broadly built man smiled slowly.
"Hmph."
"Li Zi, you had better not forget the pain once the scar has healed."
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